Social Security Administration to Cut Roughly 7,000 Workers

The agency is also restructuring and closing six regional offices that coordinate and provide support to employees who serve beneficiaries.

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Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump

The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.

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Gender Equity Panel Members Tell Adams to Stand Up to Trump or Quit

Sixteen members of New York’s Gender Equity Commission called Mayor Eric Adams’s response to moves against women, immigrants and transgender people “weak and inadequate.”

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He Stole $400,000 in Diamonds and Swapped Them for Look-Alikes

Manashe Sezanayev, who owned a store in Manhattan’s diamond district, pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing diamonds owned by other merchants and replacing them with cheaper, lab-grown stones.

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New Jersey Regulators Accuse Interactive Aquarium of Mistreating Animals

Officials seized 25 animals, including a sloth and a critically endangered amphibian called an axolotl, and found new homes for them.

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Trump to Sign Order Designating English as Official Language of the U.S.

The order is expected to be largely symbolic but would be a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has long had ties to efforts to reduce immigration and restrict bilingual education.

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JD Vance, Positioning Himself as Trump’s Attack Dog, Berates Zelensky at Oval Office

The remarkable scene of a vice president injecting himself into a tense diplomatic discussion suggested that JD Vance does not want to be relegated to the B-team of the Trump administration.

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Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future

More than 100 asylum seekers from around the world sent to Panama from the United States have no sense how long they will be held or where they might eventually be sent.

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Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause

The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts suspect a more mundane cause.

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Zelensky, Seeking a Diplomatic Victory With Trump, Leaves With a Debacle

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had hoped to secure U.S. support in any cease-fire talks with Russia. Instead, his curdled relationship with President Trump was revealed in the Oval Office.

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